Marcelo Rios vs Ivan Ljubicic — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · ATP · Round of 32
CHI
Marcelo Rios
50 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 January 2002
hard
CRO
Ivan Ljubicic
47 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Rios M.
6-7 6-3 7-6
Ljubicic I.
Rios M.
656772
Ljubicic I.
773611

Marcelo Rios defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-7 6-3 7-6 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marcelo Rios came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Marcelo Rios extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-03-11Indian Wells MastersR64hardMarcelo Rios7-6(5) 7-5
1999-10-04ShanghaiR16carpetMarcelo Rios6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Rios M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Ljubicic I.

Ljubicic I.serving87% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Rios M.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Rios M.Ljubicic I.
1st serve in·Even
61%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
78%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
63%
67%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
34%
Break points saved·Even
65%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.9
11.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (68 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Chela J.
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Federer R.
Roddick A.
7-636-4
Chela J.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Chela J.
Escude N.
W/O
Mirnyi M.
Boutter J.
6-46-2
Roddick A.
Lee H.
6-736-37-5
Federer R.
Rios M.
6-727-646-3
R16
Escude N.
Canas G.
6-46-1
Chela J.
Ferreira W.
6-41-67-61
Rios M.
Pavel A.
6-16-4
Federer R.
Malisse X.
6-26-4
Roddick A.
Ulihrach B.
6-06-4
Lee H.
Kucera K.
6-16-2
Mirnyi M.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-3
Boutter J.
Schuettler R.
6-47-63
R32
Malisse X.
Arazi H.
6-3
Lee H.
Moya C.
7-657-64
Federer R.
Robredo T.
7-657-65
Ferreira W.
Clement A.
6-26-4
Chela J.
Costa A.
6-07-62
Escude N.
Martin A.
6-16-4
Canas G.
Delgado R.
3-66-46-1
Boutter J.
Johansson T.
7-647-5
Schuettler R.
Kiefer N.
6-26-2
Mirnyi M.
Arthurs W.
7-57-64
Srichaphan P.
Grosjean S.
6-36-4
Rios M.
Ljubicic I.
6-756-37-61
Pavel A.
Diaz J.
7-56-4
Roddick A.
Ilie A.
6-46-4
Ulihrach B.
Lapentti N.
6-36-1
Kucera K.
Santoro F.
6-41-66-3